Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-02-17
Rais rArnaae Prsspscs.

o. q our most extensive and sue
oooufnl runners tells rs that there is
u unpeecedented demand for men to
Uoek tho plows that will be put in
ue1iun In large numbers as soon as
~ weather settles. The ground is in
ep1endid condition. and the only limit
= H. acreage of land that will be
enlned up from this time on is the
nnmber Of men that can be hired to
handle the plows. And it is just here
WheFo The trouble comes in to those
lhgulon who neglected to avail them
e,lves OF the chance to plow and SOW
olter the first early rains. These are
Qoite numerous, and they now find
3,at the season viii be favorable for
, god years crop yet. on accouns ol
1heir holding of, they will probably,
H. the want Of hands, be unable to
~ q much out Of their lands as the
uD1Dou will justify. For several days
1hese procrastinating grangers have
hen recurring the city 10 get help.
ond not one half Of the men required
en- be found willing to engage. The
1ine to put in acrop is short, and good
farm hands will be in 80 great demand
1hAt they will command the highest
Wages Our successful farming friend
= dinposed to chuckle at his short
sighted neighbors who are caught, as
y wore, in ths lurch. lie says that
an'experience Of fifteen years in rails
II Grain en- the Sausal Redondo. Gen.
1inela. etc., has taught him that the
uan who has faith in the seasons is
~ man who will come out successful
nsarly every time. He says he
~ always taken it for grant
a that We shall have a good
agFicultural year, and has invaria-
bly, plowed and planted at the earli-
- opportunity. He has never gam
bled on the eccentricities of the sea-
IN, or taken it for granted that GER
tain signs betoken a dry year, but
hns eone regularly and systematical-
u at work as If the seasons were as
corta in a. night following day, and
- result has been that he has not
ely made q great deal OF money at
1ar ming. but has not missed q paying
crop once in seven years. On the
other hand, he says, those farmers
Who are 60 smart in their day and
uoneration that they will not risk the
putting in Of . crop until they are
1i1ly satisfied of = good year, are
- rpally missing it. They hold of
41l The last moment, and then when
, Vsrybody knows that the season
win turn ont favorable, they are ready
- , low. This class are SO numerous
- at they all are in need of extra
help ct once. and hence they find
fhouselves bidding for men at the
vogy time when men are in the great
- demand. The bugbear of "dry
year, il . serious drawback to our
agri cultural prosperity. Why all
Oalifornians do not have more faith
= their seasons than is exhibited by
Mis- large class of doubling Thomases
& = difIcalt u explain. The seasons
horo are favorable nine years out OF
In, and yet these same men will tell
you that they cannot be depended
upon - in the older States, notwith-
sanding the failures there are about
- il three. Our farmers ought to
t1Go Cur seasons ON trust. They
Gkruld put in their crops at the earli-
~ possible moment, and as large an
ecrease as possible. II they will do
oh1s year in and year out, they will
nd that their aggregate success
n1kas farming in California far more
1olIablo and profitable than in the
ol1lr States.